Abstract
The objective of the project has been threefold:
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To collect information on the services sector in general and on business services in particular in order to evaluate the possibilities and limits for statistical analysis in transition economies;
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To complete the available statistical information on the socio-economic progress in the countries under consideration in order to assess the development of business services by insiders; and
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To consider special problems of the pre-association countries, to draw policy conclusions by evaluating both government policies of transition economies implemented so far and experiences of EU Member States with services policies.
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Kigyóssy-Schmidt, E. (2002). Business services in the transitional economies of central and eastern Europe: A cross-country approach. In: Kigyóssy-Schmidt, E. (eds) Business Related Services in Central and Eastern Europe. DUV Wirtschaftswissenschaft. Deutscher Universitätsverlag, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-90257-3_1
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